PMID: 29770041Jan 5, 2017Paper

Foodborne and waterborne illness among Canadian Indigenous populations: A scoping review

Canada Communicable Disease Report = Relevé Des Maladies Transmissibles Au Canada
Jkh Jung, K Skinner

Abstract

Indigenous populations are often at higher risk for foodborne illness than the general Canadian population. To investigate the extent of the literature on the link between food safety and the occurrence of foodborne and waterborne illness in Canadian Indigenous populations. A scoping review was conducted using search strings in five databases and grey literature to identify all papers that studied a Canadian Indigenous population and referred to any potential associations between food safety (including consumption and preparation of traditional foods and retail foods) or water safety practices and food or waterborne illness. Two authors screened papers based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. Included documents were analyzed for emergent themes. From 1,718 unique records identified, 21 documents were selected. Foodborne illness was most common in children up to 14 years old. Walrus, seal, caribou and whale were the most common traditional foods tied to foodborne illness and were primarily associated with botulism and trichinosis. Aside from consuming the food raw, fermentation was the most common traditional preparation method linked to foodborne illness. There was concern about the safety of retail food but no clear link was...Continue Reading

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